ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus pandemic fourth wave is continue but a little downward trend was witnessed during last 24 hours. Pakistan on Saturday reported 3,084 positive coronavirus cases along with 65 new deaths across the country.
According to latest figures displayed on National Coronavirus Dashboard of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan recorded 3,084 cases and 65 people have lost lives to the virus.
During last 24 hours after Pakistan conducted 53,770 coronavirus tests out of them 3,084 were tested positive. The positivity ratio stood and dipped and now stands at 5.73 per cent while last time Pakistan reported a positivity rate of less than 6 per cent was a month ago on July 24 at 4.89 per cent.
With 3,084 new positive cases reported during last 24 hours the tally of positive cases surged to 1,116,886. With 65 new deaths reported during last 24 hours the overall toll of fatalities jumped to 24,848.
The NCOC counted 1,006,078 total recoveries. A day earlier, the number of patients who had recovered from COVID-19 in Pakistan exceeded one million.
The infection tally also rose to 1,116,886 with 3,239 new cases reported over the last 24 hours after 51,982 COVID-19 tests were conducted.
The number of active or currently ill patients are at 89,673, which is the highest since May 2 when the country recorded 89,661 active cases.
COVID-19 infections are decreasing in Pakistan, with 3,853 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 66% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on June 17.
There have been 1,119,970 infections and 24,848 coronavirus-related deaths reported in the country since the pandemic began.
Pakistan has administered at least 44,736,977 doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs two doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 10.3% of the country’s population.
During the last week reported, Pakistan averaged about 716,137 doses administered each day. At that rate, it will take a further 61 days to administer enough doses for another 10 per cent of the population.
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